Overview

• Race officials took times 8 kilometres from the planned finish in Mos/Castro de Herville after activists blocked the road near the summit.
• Egan Bernal was declared the stage winner ahead of Mikel Landa after the finish was moved to a painted line at the base of the final climb.
• Organisers cited safety concerns as protesters felled a tree, spread thumbtacks that caused punctures, and prompted police interventions and arrests.
• Spanish rider Javi Romo abandoned the race after injuries from a weekend crash triggered when a pro‑Palestinian demonstrator entered the course.
• The disruption marks the second Vuelta stage affected after last week’s Bilbao neutralization, with new mobilizations announced for El Morredero, Valladolid and Madrid as directors nonetheless insist on finishing in the capital.